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[chromodynamics]

• Education
• Cursive writing rapidly becomes passe
  I found the this interesting, as both a representative for our county is quoted, and my son has taken it upon himself to learn cursive (he's in first grade, and I have no idea what sparked him to do this, but reading this article I am glad that he has).
• Gaming
• Burger King orders up Xbox games
  So while McD's is focusing on healthy food choices and excercise for kids, BK has gone with video games that teach kids how to stalk. wtf?
• Just for Fun
• Top Ten Geek Wallets
  Each of these are interesting, though I don't think I would want to actually carry any of them.
• Linguistics
• FBI agents still lacking Arabic skills
  Only 33 with limited proficiency, that is all they have.  (Also they need Urdu and Farsi speakers.)
• Science
• BECs confound at higher temperatures
  This is mainly for me, I'm not sure anyone else would be interested (though it's very cool!).
• Physicits observe subatomic quick-change artist
  Ditto my comment above.
• Scientists teleport two different objects
  Now this you should look at. Teleporting a macroscopic atomic object over half a meter, while converting between light and matter! Awesome!

Comments

[longtimegone]

So I print pretty damn fast, and my printing never really got that messy because hey, it's still printing, though truly it's sort of a mix of printing and cursive.

That's exactly how I am (though I'm not taking notes very often any more). I remember taking my AP exams in high school and writing the essays for the literature portion in my print/cursive mix, but I really couldn't tell you the last time I actually set out to write something in cursive. Hmmm.

[chromodynamics.livejournal.com]

I think I almost always used cursive on exams in school, just because it is so much faster to write. But since that was such a long time ago, now I often have to remind myself if ever I need to write cursive, like on a check ("okay, is capital Q like this or like this?"). I almost exclusively use cursive when writing checks (which in and of itself has gone way down thanks to electronic bill pay) and signing my name, and that's about it.